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Westfalia AS/RS Featured in New Buffalo
Trace Distillery Distribution Center
Buffalo Trace Distillery is one of the first spirits suppliers to use an automated
storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) to manage, move and store pallets of
finished goods

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uffalo Trace Distillery has completed the construction of a new distribution center featuring
Westfalia’s automated storage and retrieval system
(AS/RS). One of the first spirits suppliers to use an AS/RS,
Buffalo Trace will leverage the technology to more efficiently and effectively manage, move, store and retrieve pallets of
finished goods within the 83,000 square-foot facility.
Within the distribution center, Westfalia’s AS/RS occupies
46,574 square feet and contains three storage and retrieval
machines (S/RMs), or cranes, which operate in three aisles,
serving storage lanes five deep, and storing pallets six levels
high. Each crane can input/output 55 pallets of finished
goods per hour with a total of 165 pallets moving within the
system. The AS/RS contains 20 pallet-staging lanes which
can hold 180 total pallets. The AS/RS is integrated with
Westfalia’s Savanna.NET® Warehouse Execution System
(WES), which directs, controls and optimizes internal material flow, order picking and inventory management.

“We’re pleased our business has grown enough to support
the need for this new, highly advanced distribution center,”
said Mark Brown, president and chief executive officer,
Buffalo Trace Distillery. “We look forward to being able to
serve our customers in a more efficient manner and having
the capacity for even further growth in the future.”
Construction of the Buffalo Trace distribution center is part
of parent company Sazerac’s $71 million investment in the
state of Kentucky at its three distilleries.
Dan Labell, president, Westfalia Technologies, said, “When
it comes to moving, storing and picking product, the spirits
industry is one of the most complex. The growing number
of categories, rising logistics costs and increasingly complex
orders warrant the need for automation. As Buffalo Trace
uses our AS/RS in its new facility, we hope to see significant
results – new efficiencies and cost savings – for years to
come.”

www. WestfaliaUSA.com

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